Fabric Softener is a theatrical response to Toni Morrison's novel Song of Solomon and the text's focus on three generations of Black women: Pilate, her daughter Reba, and granddaughter Hagar.

This performance presents three new characters who are not recreations of these women but are instead archetypes: The Laundress, The Celebrant, and The Witness. The performance begins as The Celebrant and The Witness prepare The Laundress for an intervention: a baptism, a becoming, and a funeral for what used to be and can no longer exist.

Premiered at The Shed, Open Call Commission

Cast:

• Asia Stewart: Creator, Director, and Performer (The Laundress)

• Dominica Greene: Performer (The Celebrant)

• Candice Hoyes: Perfomer (The Witness)

• Yaz Lancaster: Composer, Music Director, and Violinist

• Shala Miller: Performer (The Narrator)

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